Van Luxemburg
30-12-2005, 10:46
BdC-15 "Éléphant" HBT
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b76/VanLuxemburg/BdC-15VFOR-22.png
Type: Heavy Battle Tank
Manufacturer: Müller Panzerwerke B.V.
Crew (5): Commander, Gunner, 25mm-Gunner, Technician, Driver
Weight 90 Tons
Power plant: VLT Automotive VV24 Multi-fuel/ Bio Diesel 2400 HP
Air-Assisted Transmission 6 Speed Forward
2 Speed Reverse
Speed - Maximum 79 km/h (Governed)
Speed - Cross Country 56 km/h
Speed - 10% Slope 37 km/h
Speed - 60% Slope 20 km/h
Acceleration
(0 to 79 km/h) 15 Seconds
Cruising Range 576km
Main Armament: 150mm Müller Panzerwerke B.V. Smoothbore with Auto-Loader
Secondary Armament: 25mm VDZ & VL Auto-Cannon + 7.62 Minimi MG Co-Axial
Commander's Weapon: 7.62 Minimi MG + HOT 3 AT/Starstreak AA missile.
Coaxial Weapon .50 M2 Machinegun
Technician's weapon: 7.62 Minimi MG
NBC System: NBC-2000 with Airconditioning - San Gimignano Aero N.V.
Unit Replacement Cost: $13 Million USD.
The BdC-15 is Van Luxemburg's answer to the need for a heavy Tank/ Tank destroyer. It has been in development since 1998, and the project was started by Müller Panzerwerke B.V., which has it's factories near Innsbruck. The heavy vehicle was expected to reach full production by 2003, but this was postponed to 2004.
Nowadays, over 10,000 vehicles have been built, to supply several divisions of the Van Luxemburgian Army. (To be exact, 11 divisions)
Propulsion
The BdC-15 is supplied with VLT Automotive's masterpiece, the VV24 engine. This engine, which are in fact two V-12 engines joined together, delivers 2400 HP, while running on several possible fuels, of which Bio-Diesel is encouraged to use. it also uses a VLT Air-assisted Transmission, built to assist the driver to make higer speeds. 6 forwards gears and 2 reverse gears are built-in. the engine of the BdC-15 is located in the back, surrounded by sound-isolating materials and a layer of titanium armouring.
Armour
the armour of the BdC-15 consists of a layer of Chobham Armour, and a layer of Cermet Armour. This combination, reinforced with depleted Uranium rods, makes it almost 623mm (400mm Chobham, 223mm Cermet) thick, making a total RHAe value of about 1440mm. This can be reinforced with an Enhanced Appliqué Armour kit of 100mm thick, upping the RHAe level to an absolute maximum of 2440 mm.
Main Armament
The main armament of the "Éléphant" was supplied by Müller Panzerwerke, and consists of a 150mm Smoothbore gun, supplied with an autoloader. This gun can fire both APFSDS and HEAT. As it has been supplied with an Autoloader, one crewmember could be removed from the list. the autoloader has been covered with Titanium protection, with service hatches, to forecome accidents like those happened in the T-72. The main storage for APFSDS and HEAT rounds is located just above the engine, also using it's own armoured case, to prevent explosion during a strike. The main gun uses a digital stabilizing system, to make sure rounds are fired straight at the target indicated.
The gunner also has the Fire Management system FM13B, allowing to track targets, set the max number of shots in a minute, fire the gun, automatically aim the gun, and switch between rounds and the Co-axial MG.
Secondary Armament
The BdC-15 is also called "The Basher" by it's crews. This is because of a wide range of secondary armaments and the powerfull main gun. The BdC-15 has a 25mm Autocannon mounted on the top, with a Co-Axial 7.62 MG, and the commander's post on top. On top of that, the commander is supplied with an 7.62mm FN Minimi MG, aswell as an HOT 3 AT or Starstreak AA missile launcher. More in front is the weapon of the MG-Gunner/Technician. This is a 7.62mm FN Minimi aswell. Every crewmember in the Van Luxemburgian Army is also supplied with the MP-7 PDW, aswell as a SIG P226 pistol.
Crew
The crew is quite large, for an HBT only one meter longer than an Leopard 2A6. This was mainly done to supply the BdC-15 with as many weapons as possible. The commander and the 25mm gunner share the highest turret, while the technician and the gunner share the
front of the turret. The driver is alone, located in the front of the hull.
Systems
The BdC-15 is equipped with as many systems as there were available as of 2003.
Here is a small selection:
Anno-2 EOCMDAS
Anno-2 consists of a specialized computer/control panel, two electro-optical interference emitters located on each side of the gun, four laser sensors located on top of the turret, and racks of dedicated anti-laser smoke grenades.
The Anno-2 has two combat roles. In the first role, it works against IR guided ATGMs, by aligning the turret front to the incoming ATGM and using IR emitters to send false signals which scramble the ATGM guidance system. The principle involved is the following.
Wire-guided missiles such as the American TOW are guided to the target by means of a wire and a flare on the back of the missile. The flare is used to keep a 'reference point' of the missile in relationship to the target lock held by the operator, and the guidance computer tries to put the flare on the reference point. Anno-2 emitters create a large hotspot, essentially tricking the missile guidance into following the Anno-2 hotspot instead of the flare hotspot, resulting in faulty course corrections by the ATGW computer. In fact, the computer shall usually believe that no horisontal course correction is necessary since the false flare comes from the same direction as the targeted tank, while vertical corrections shall cause ATGM to either dive into the ground or climb into the sky, depending on whether the operator holds the lock below or above the emitters.
The second part of the system defeats laser guided weapons. When a laser beam is detected the Anno-2 informs the crew with light and sound; it then launches laser defeating smoke grenades, which enshroud the tank and break or degrade the lock. The tank commander can also press a button that will turn the turret front to the laser to meet incoming ATGM with the best protected section and to engage the laser beam source with the maingun. This system is roughly a modernised version of the Russian Shtora-1 system.
FM-3
The FM-3 systems is used to make the gun more independent from the gunner. The FM-3 system takes over the role of target-finding, Aiming, and firing. It is equipped with advanced IR sensors, aswell as Day/night vision, thermal night sights, Rangefinders and a fully automated computing system.
CHS Cees-1
The Commander-Help-System is used to assist the commander by giving orders. It has stored many known strategies and Anti-Tank systems, aswell as most known vehicles, such as the Abrams or the Leopard, but also the ST-37K1, for example. It also scans the horizon and make spossible threat assesments. E.g.: If a T-55 tank comes from the East, and an Abrams from the West, the CHS will advise the commander to open fire on the Abrams first. It will also advise how to engage that Abrams, and which gun/round to use. This is all based on Day/Night vision, thermal sights, rangefinders and IR systems, aswell as a military internet, to connect to HQ, or other tanks.
Price: $13 million USD/ 7.35 Million Van Luxemburgian Euros
ATTENTION!
The price of the BdC-15 is high, but the vehicle is worth the money. Because of the highly advanced systems and dangerous weapons included in the package, Müller Panzerwerke B.V., in cooperation with the Van Luxemburgian Ministry of Defence, has decided to limit this weapon to trusted allies, with production rights only available to highly-trusted Allies.
Comments
It's Frankenpanzer!
(Your comment can be here aswell! just make your comment and you'll have a chance it'll get quoted!)
(OOC: My HBT project. Thanks to The Macabees for his excellent write-up on how to design a tank on the RPU, I used it all the time as a reference. I’m almost sure that I can use a 150mm smoothbore. Please don’t come up with any comments that I should use ETC cannons. I consider ETC cannons PMT, after some discussions with allies of mine, some month before this project. (Does Listeneisse ring a bell?). So I ain’t using them. I’m more concerned of the weight however. I think it’s maybe a bit too light. Can I get verification on that? Also, I would like to thank Wingarde, for helping me out with the colour of the tracks on the pic.)
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b76/VanLuxemburg/BdC-15VFOR-22.png
Type: Heavy Battle Tank
Manufacturer: Müller Panzerwerke B.V.
Crew (5): Commander, Gunner, 25mm-Gunner, Technician, Driver
Weight 90 Tons
Power plant: VLT Automotive VV24 Multi-fuel/ Bio Diesel 2400 HP
Air-Assisted Transmission 6 Speed Forward
2 Speed Reverse
Speed - Maximum 79 km/h (Governed)
Speed - Cross Country 56 km/h
Speed - 10% Slope 37 km/h
Speed - 60% Slope 20 km/h
Acceleration
(0 to 79 km/h) 15 Seconds
Cruising Range 576km
Main Armament: 150mm Müller Panzerwerke B.V. Smoothbore with Auto-Loader
Secondary Armament: 25mm VDZ & VL Auto-Cannon + 7.62 Minimi MG Co-Axial
Commander's Weapon: 7.62 Minimi MG + HOT 3 AT/Starstreak AA missile.
Coaxial Weapon .50 M2 Machinegun
Technician's weapon: 7.62 Minimi MG
NBC System: NBC-2000 with Airconditioning - San Gimignano Aero N.V.
Unit Replacement Cost: $13 Million USD.
The BdC-15 is Van Luxemburg's answer to the need for a heavy Tank/ Tank destroyer. It has been in development since 1998, and the project was started by Müller Panzerwerke B.V., which has it's factories near Innsbruck. The heavy vehicle was expected to reach full production by 2003, but this was postponed to 2004.
Nowadays, over 10,000 vehicles have been built, to supply several divisions of the Van Luxemburgian Army. (To be exact, 11 divisions)
Propulsion
The BdC-15 is supplied with VLT Automotive's masterpiece, the VV24 engine. This engine, which are in fact two V-12 engines joined together, delivers 2400 HP, while running on several possible fuels, of which Bio-Diesel is encouraged to use. it also uses a VLT Air-assisted Transmission, built to assist the driver to make higer speeds. 6 forwards gears and 2 reverse gears are built-in. the engine of the BdC-15 is located in the back, surrounded by sound-isolating materials and a layer of titanium armouring.
Armour
the armour of the BdC-15 consists of a layer of Chobham Armour, and a layer of Cermet Armour. This combination, reinforced with depleted Uranium rods, makes it almost 623mm (400mm Chobham, 223mm Cermet) thick, making a total RHAe value of about 1440mm. This can be reinforced with an Enhanced Appliqué Armour kit of 100mm thick, upping the RHAe level to an absolute maximum of 2440 mm.
Main Armament
The main armament of the "Éléphant" was supplied by Müller Panzerwerke, and consists of a 150mm Smoothbore gun, supplied with an autoloader. This gun can fire both APFSDS and HEAT. As it has been supplied with an Autoloader, one crewmember could be removed from the list. the autoloader has been covered with Titanium protection, with service hatches, to forecome accidents like those happened in the T-72. The main storage for APFSDS and HEAT rounds is located just above the engine, also using it's own armoured case, to prevent explosion during a strike. The main gun uses a digital stabilizing system, to make sure rounds are fired straight at the target indicated.
The gunner also has the Fire Management system FM13B, allowing to track targets, set the max number of shots in a minute, fire the gun, automatically aim the gun, and switch between rounds and the Co-axial MG.
Secondary Armament
The BdC-15 is also called "The Basher" by it's crews. This is because of a wide range of secondary armaments and the powerfull main gun. The BdC-15 has a 25mm Autocannon mounted on the top, with a Co-Axial 7.62 MG, and the commander's post on top. On top of that, the commander is supplied with an 7.62mm FN Minimi MG, aswell as an HOT 3 AT or Starstreak AA missile launcher. More in front is the weapon of the MG-Gunner/Technician. This is a 7.62mm FN Minimi aswell. Every crewmember in the Van Luxemburgian Army is also supplied with the MP-7 PDW, aswell as a SIG P226 pistol.
Crew
The crew is quite large, for an HBT only one meter longer than an Leopard 2A6. This was mainly done to supply the BdC-15 with as many weapons as possible. The commander and the 25mm gunner share the highest turret, while the technician and the gunner share the
front of the turret. The driver is alone, located in the front of the hull.
Systems
The BdC-15 is equipped with as many systems as there were available as of 2003.
Here is a small selection:
Anno-2 EOCMDAS
Anno-2 consists of a specialized computer/control panel, two electro-optical interference emitters located on each side of the gun, four laser sensors located on top of the turret, and racks of dedicated anti-laser smoke grenades.
The Anno-2 has two combat roles. In the first role, it works against IR guided ATGMs, by aligning the turret front to the incoming ATGM and using IR emitters to send false signals which scramble the ATGM guidance system. The principle involved is the following.
Wire-guided missiles such as the American TOW are guided to the target by means of a wire and a flare on the back of the missile. The flare is used to keep a 'reference point' of the missile in relationship to the target lock held by the operator, and the guidance computer tries to put the flare on the reference point. Anno-2 emitters create a large hotspot, essentially tricking the missile guidance into following the Anno-2 hotspot instead of the flare hotspot, resulting in faulty course corrections by the ATGW computer. In fact, the computer shall usually believe that no horisontal course correction is necessary since the false flare comes from the same direction as the targeted tank, while vertical corrections shall cause ATGM to either dive into the ground or climb into the sky, depending on whether the operator holds the lock below or above the emitters.
The second part of the system defeats laser guided weapons. When a laser beam is detected the Anno-2 informs the crew with light and sound; it then launches laser defeating smoke grenades, which enshroud the tank and break or degrade the lock. The tank commander can also press a button that will turn the turret front to the laser to meet incoming ATGM with the best protected section and to engage the laser beam source with the maingun. This system is roughly a modernised version of the Russian Shtora-1 system.
FM-3
The FM-3 systems is used to make the gun more independent from the gunner. The FM-3 system takes over the role of target-finding, Aiming, and firing. It is equipped with advanced IR sensors, aswell as Day/night vision, thermal night sights, Rangefinders and a fully automated computing system.
CHS Cees-1
The Commander-Help-System is used to assist the commander by giving orders. It has stored many known strategies and Anti-Tank systems, aswell as most known vehicles, such as the Abrams or the Leopard, but also the ST-37K1, for example. It also scans the horizon and make spossible threat assesments. E.g.: If a T-55 tank comes from the East, and an Abrams from the West, the CHS will advise the commander to open fire on the Abrams first. It will also advise how to engage that Abrams, and which gun/round to use. This is all based on Day/Night vision, thermal sights, rangefinders and IR systems, aswell as a military internet, to connect to HQ, or other tanks.
Price: $13 million USD/ 7.35 Million Van Luxemburgian Euros
ATTENTION!
The price of the BdC-15 is high, but the vehicle is worth the money. Because of the highly advanced systems and dangerous weapons included in the package, Müller Panzerwerke B.V., in cooperation with the Van Luxemburgian Ministry of Defence, has decided to limit this weapon to trusted allies, with production rights only available to highly-trusted Allies.
Comments
It's Frankenpanzer!
(Your comment can be here aswell! just make your comment and you'll have a chance it'll get quoted!)
(OOC: My HBT project. Thanks to The Macabees for his excellent write-up on how to design a tank on the RPU, I used it all the time as a reference. I’m almost sure that I can use a 150mm smoothbore. Please don’t come up with any comments that I should use ETC cannons. I consider ETC cannons PMT, after some discussions with allies of mine, some month before this project. (Does Listeneisse ring a bell?). So I ain’t using them. I’m more concerned of the weight however. I think it’s maybe a bit too light. Can I get verification on that? Also, I would like to thank Wingarde, for helping me out with the colour of the tracks on the pic.)